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Article #3843Re: Mailing fax machines
From: Michael C Davis
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:39
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:39
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Rudy Crespin (crespin@nadir.uucp) wrote:
: >From the 'Internet Service List', Scott Yanoff:
: >-FaxGate
: > offers: Send a Fax via computer
: > To: FaxGate@elvis.sovusa.com
: > Subject:
: > Body: help
: I tried this and my message bounced. Please post or email me if you
: are more successfull than I.
I sent the message to FaxGate and received the following reply:
E-mail: Gatemaster@elvis.sovusa.com
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Phone: +7 (095) 532-86-89
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How to use FaxGate.
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To send fax through the FaxGate send text message
to FaxGate@elvis.sovusa.com
Your mail must have special header and then message itself.
Header is a set of lines used by gate for correct handling of
your fax. Every line consists of keyword and parameters.
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FaxGate commands:
1) phone - full fax phone number. Phone number must include
country code and city code to be handled correctly.
Example:
phone +7 095 532-86-89
2) time - when you want your message to be sent.(optional)
Example:
time 20:45-22:30
Time assumed to be Moscow. (GMT+4 for summer
GMT+3 for winter) !!!
You always must use format hh:mm-hh:mm without any spaces. You
can set different times for weekdays and weekends.
Example :
time Wd#10:00-17:00 We#00:00-00:00
3) point - sets font size (in typogrpahic points) for
text message ( optional ).
Example :
point 8
If there is no "point" command default value ( 12 points ) will be set.
You can set point value in range from 6 to 24 points.
4) english - set language for gate messages ( optional ).
Default language is russian.
5) expire - sets the date and time after that gate must stop any tries
to send your message ( optional ).
Example :
expire 25-09-1992 23:00
expire command parameters must be in form DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM
Default value is 2 days do not including weekends.
6) begin - sets the beginning of the message.
You can't omit this command. It shows the beginning of the message
itself.
Be sure you used this command!
7) help - using this command you can receive this message.
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Here is the example of letter to FaxGate.
> phone +7 095 532-86-89
> begin
>
> Any text here
>
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Who can use these gateways
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To use gateway registration is needed.
For registration send a request (with your Email and Post addresses)
to Gatemast@elvis.sovusa.com
Price List of FaxGate.
1. Customers registration ...................... $10
3. Fax message ................................ $2.5/page
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Michael Davis (cs89mcd@brunel.ac.uk)
And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
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